Glow powder / colorant

[walleye warrior]

I am shooting a 4inch trout worm with a differant colored tail. IE. - black worm with chartruese tail.

I would like to do some with glow tails. Does anyone have and tips, tricks or suggestions on differant products to use, etc.

[Anglinarcher]

Many companies make glow additives that work.  As for tricks, Most people I know usually pour or shoot a whole bait in the glow, then trim the tail off, place the tail back in the mold, then using hot plastic reshoot or pour with the other color.

As for sources:

http://www.makelure.com/store/p/954-Phosphorescent-Powder-1fl-oz.aspx

https://www.glonation.com/glow-in-the-dark-products/neutral-glow-powders.html

 

This should at least get the discussions started on this.

Have fun and good luck.

[walleye warrior]

Thank you Anglin Archer, I have a tail mold so I shoot my tails separate. I just have not tried yet with any type of glow additive. 

[Jig Man]

I use glow once in a while.  It only works with light colored baits like lime, chart, white, and florescent orange.

[Tiderunner]

To make chartreuse glow in the dark  baits just use a chartreuse phosphorescent powder added to clear plastic. I used one from Lurecraft, and the glow is unreal. I added it to vinyl paint to cot jigheads, and added it to some cheaper lower quaiity powder to achieve different colors.

When I turn off the lights at night in my work area it's creepy. the entire area is glowing. The floor,where I spill, the air because baits are hanging on racks . my benchtop, my clothes.

The stuff really glows brightly .I've made glow in the dark sengos with the stuff and the glow is superbright.  One thing, phosphorescent powders are heavy so it may change the action and certainly the weight of your baits. Not an issue for me as I use it mainly for saltwater or deep smallmouth fishing.

As an aside, I recently tried using the Krylon glow in the dark spray paints... Dont bother. They hardly glow

[mark poulson]

I mix Glonation glo powder (white/green) into my chartreuse 3" grubs, and use them for spinnerbait trailers.

I also mix the same Glonation glo powder  with clear nail polish, and use it to add glow to my spinnerbait blades and some of my cranks.

 

[Tiderunner]

These are my 5" glow Senkos. The chartreuse was made using a whole lot of brand X powder I bought as a sample kit from amazom. The blue was just a tiny bit of powder from Lurecraft. When I mix the lurecraft powder with clear vinyl paint it makes a powerful glow but comes out lumpy. I'm going to try Marcs way by mxing it with clear nailpolish.